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Faculty and Staff Successes, March 2016

March 01, 2016

Danielle Lake, assistant professor of Liberal Studies,
wrote an article, “Dewey, Addams and Beyond: A Context-Sensitive,
Dialogue-Driven, Action-Based Pedagogy for Preparing Students to
Confront Local Wicked Problems,” published in Contemporary
Pragmatism. Lake also received the John Lachs Award for Public
Philosophy at the American Philosophy conference banquet on March 5.
This award is for early to mid-career philosophers in the American
tradition who exemplify the best traits and practices of American
public philosophy and bring unique insights or methods to broaden the
reach, interaction, and engagement of public philosophy with the wider public.

Joel Wendland, assistant professor of Liberal studies,
wrote a book, The Collectivity of Life: Spaces of Social Mobility
and the Individualism Myth, published by Lexington Books.

Kate Stoetzner, director of international student and
scholar services in the Padnos
International Center, was interviewed for a story about student
Nikola Gudovic, by an online publication, Vijesti.

Kelly James Clark, visiting professor in the Frederik Meijer Honors
College, wrote articles, “Trusting Intuition,” and “Cultural
Influences on the Teleological Stance: Evidence from China,” published
in Religion, Brain and Behavior. He served as editor of a
book, The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism, published by Wile-Blackwell.

Maureen Wolverton, affiliate faculty of Liberal Studies, was
interviewed on “Ask the…” with Shelly Irwin, on WGVU
to discuss the Community Reading Project along with Dr. Elaine Schott
and Lois Smith Owens.

Eric Packer, director of workforce development for the Center for Adult and Continuing
Studies, recently earned the Michigan Association of
School Boards highest level award, the President’s Award of
Recognition. The President’s Award of Recognition recognizes his
continued dedication to improving your board leadership skills.